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Mount Prospect, Exum Lewis House, Edgecombe County, North Carolina

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This is the childhood home of William Caswell Sugg, Senior (Red) and his brother Joseph Speight Sugg (Joe).

Mount Prospect, also known as the Exum Lewis House, was a historic plantation house located near Leggett, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1772, and was a two-story, five bay, Late Georgian style frame dwelling. It had a Quaker Plan; two-story, 19th century addition; and a one-story hip roofed front porch. Also on the property are the contributing family cemetery, a smokehouse, barn, brick dairy, and office. The house burned and was torn down in 1976.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

For a detailed description from the historic register click here

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